Babbitt metal

Alloys of tin are very important. Soft solder, type metal, fusible metal, pewter, bronze, bell metal. Babbitt metal. White metal, die casting alloy, and phosphor bronze are some of the... 

Babbitt Metals. High lead and tin alloys patented by Isaac Babbitt ki 1839 offer a superior combination of compatibiUty, conformabiUty, and... 

Lagerweissmetall, n. white bearing metal. Babbitt metal. 

To combat this problem, soft materials such as Babbitt are used when it is known that a bearing will be exposed to abrasive materials. Babbitt metal embeds hard particles, which protects the shaft against abrasion. When harder materials are used in the presence of abrasives, scoring and galling occurs as a result of abrasives caught between the journal and bearing. 

It is used for bearings, to plate electrodes, and to make pewter, Babbitt metal, and dental amalgams. 

Babbitt metal is another alloy of lead that is used in the manufacture of wheel bearings that reduces friction. Lead is an ingredient in several types of glass, such as lead crystal and flint glass. 

Babbitt metal Sn, 89 Sb, 7.3 Cu, 3.7 Hard readily polished Bearings... 

Tin is a highly workable metal that was once as valuable as silver for jewelry, coins, and special dishware. Today it is used in sheets in the construction of buildings and roofs, for soldering or joining metal parts, for storage containers, and in alloys like bronze and Babbitt metal. 

Another tin alloy is Babbitt metal. Babbitt metal is a soft alloy made of any number of metals, including arsenic, cadmium, lead, or tin. 

Babbitt metal is used to make ball bearings for large industrial machinery. The Babbitt metal is laid down as a thin coating on heavier metal, such as iron or steel. The Babbitt metal retains a thin layer of lubricating oil more efficiendy than iron or steel. 

Babbitt metal. One of a group of soft alloys used widely for bearings. They have good bonding characteristics with the substrate metal, maintain oil films on their surfaces, and are nonseizing and antifriction. Used as cast, machined, or preformed bimetallic bearings in the form of a thin coating on a steel base the main types are lead base, lead-silver base, tin base, cadmium base, and arsenical. The latter contains up to 3% arsenic. 

As an alloy with lead, tin has been used also in pewters, for making organ pipes, and, alloyed with copper, for making bronze. Babbitt metal, used in bearings, commonly contains about 90% of tin, together with a small amount of harder metals such as copper or antimony. 

MAJOR USES Used in the production of batteries, metal products, gasoline additives, pipes, solder, sheet lead, ammunition. X-ray shields, paints, ceramics, foil, cable covering, electronic devices and Babbitt metal alloys. 

For cable attachment and to seal the cable s entry into the head section, the latter is covered with babbitt metal or with other similar material. The heaters are equipped with thermometers placed in special chambers. 

We may conclude that the prima materia that leads to the White Virgin of Mercury, or antimony, is either galena or stibnite. It seems the Egyptians were unable to differentiate between the minerals. The most prolific mineral for Mercury is the ore of antimony, stibnite. A more recent source of antimony is Babbitt Metal, which we could call the Jupiter method because Babbitt Metal is 89% tin and 7% antimony. 

The Californian DOT in 1982 evaluated materials including Al, Al-Si, 80%Ni-20% Al, zinc, stainless steel, sprayed Babbitt metal (Sn-Sb-Cu), and C-filled latex paint. They considered conductivity, consumption, adhesion, weather resistance aesthetics, cost, availability as wire, and compatibility with salt-impregnated concrete. Babbitt metal or zinc gave best results. The initial trials were on selected areas of ... 

One very important alloy for machine hearings is Babbitt metal, invented by the American Isaac Babbitt (1799-1862). In present-day usage the term is applied to a whole class of silver-white bearing metals or white metals . They are composed primarily of tin, antimony and copper, such as for instance 90% Sn, 6% Sb and 3% Cu. This alloy is used in situations with sliding contact under pressure. Its bearing properties are favored by the fact that hard components of the type CuSn and SbSn are formed and embedded in the soft tin matrix. 

The metal also finds appHcations in other alloys. Cable sheaths are made of lead that contains antimony, and lead shot for ammunition is not made of pure lead but of lead alloyed with 1-8% antimony. The American Isaac Babbitt (1798-1862) invented the bearing alloy named babbitt metal. It is an alloy of copper, antimony and tin, characterized by good antifriction properties, and used as the bearing material for axles and crankshafts. Britannia metal is another tin alloy with about 2% copper and 5-10% antimony. It is a silvery white alloy of tin, similar in appearance to pewter but harder. It is used for the manufacture of tableware. 

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